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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004784

Ashurst & Cadnam

Ashurst & Cadnam is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,644 residents in New Forest. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

5,644

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,279

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

262.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

87.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

5.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

34.2%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Kempsey & Ryall, Malvern Hills6,929 residents · 78.4% owned · 7.6% no carLowdham, Bleasby & Gunthorpe, Newark and Sherwood6,707 residents · 86.0% owned · 7.8% no carKinver, South Staffordshire7,103 residents · 80.9% owned · 10.3% no carColletts Green, Callow End & Hanley, Malvern Hills5,854 residents · 77.5% owned · 7.5% no carLoggerheads & Baldwins Gate, Newcastle-under-Lyme6,933 residents · 83.4% owned · 6.0% no carDownton & Morgan's Vale, Wiltshire7,944 residents · 78.4% owned · 7.3% no car

Most similar within New Forest

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Ringwood North & Ibsley, New Forest7,223 residents · 82.9% owned · 6.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Ashurst & Cadnam

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned87.5%
1,995 households
Private rented8.5%
194 households
Social rented3.9%
88 households
Shared ownership0.1%
2 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Ashurst & Cadnam · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached74.3%
1,693 households
Semi-detached16.1%
367 households
Terraced3.5%
80 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure2.9%
65 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement1.2%
28 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.2%
27 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
14 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
5 households
Ashurst & Cadnam · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household40.4%
921 households
1 car or van in household29.7%
676 households
3 or more cars or vans in household24.1%
549 households
No cars or vans in household5.8%
133 households
Ashurst & Cadnam · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms41.1%
936 households
4 or more bedrooms35.7%
813 households
2 bedrooms19.4%
443 households
1 bedroom3.8%
86 households
Ashurst & Cadnam · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household71.3%
1,625 households
One-person household23%
524 households
Other household types5.7%
130 households
Ashurst & Cadnam · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household43%
979 households
1 person in household22.9%
522 households
3 people in household15.1%
345 households
4 people in household14.1%
321 households
5 people in household3.5%
79 households
6 people in household0.9%
20 households
7 people in household0.5%
11 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Ashurst & Cadnam · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.3%
695 residents
15–2911.8%
666 residents
30–4412.2%
688 residents
45–6430.8%
1,737 residents
65 and over32.9%
1,858 residents
Ashurst & Cadnam · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.8%
5,461 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.6%
90 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.9%
53 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
24 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
15 residents
Ashurst & Cadnam · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above34.2%
1,677 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.5%
810 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.9%
780 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13%
639 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.6%
471 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.7%
377 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
148 residents aged 16 and over
Ashurst & Cadnam · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)51.8%
2,538 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive46.6%
2,282 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
77 residents aged 16 and over
Ashurst & Cadnam · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.5%
1,150 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.9%
878 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.1%
640 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12%
586 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.2%
449 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8%
391 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.8%
333 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.1%
249 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.6%
223 residents aged 16 and over
Ashurst & Cadnam · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.3%
2,783 residents
Good health33.1%
1,870 residents
Fair health12.9%
728 residents
Bad health3.8%
213 residents
Very bad health0.9%
51 residents
Ashurst & Cadnam · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.8%
4,617 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.2%
1,028 residents
Ashurst & Cadnam · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56.7%
1,294 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.6%
743 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.8%
224 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions0.8%
19 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Ashurst & Cadnam · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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